Implementasi Mesin Pengering Berenergi Terbarukan Hybrid (Surya Dan Biomassa) Untuk Menghasilkan Produk Jagung Pwil Yang Aman Dan Bermutu Tinggi (Implementation of Hybrid Dryer Using Renewable Energy (Solar and Biomass) to Produce High Quality Corn Bean)

Abstract

Drying and storage are important stages in the corn post harvest process. Wrong handling in those process could causing high content of aflatoxine. Hybrid solar dryer integrated with ISD (in store dryer) has been design to produce high quality of corn bean by using environmental friendly and sustainable energy resources (solar and corn cobs), hence reducing the handling cost. The aims of this research are to disseminate "Hybrid-solar dryer integrated with ISD" technology, and to analyze technical and economical aspects of the dryer when its implemented in the field (by the farmer). Dissemination has been done in the form of some technical meeting (with farmer, government officials and local parliament member), demonstration, and training. Peoples seem interested to use the technology. Result of implementation shows that even though some modification has been done especially in the fuel feeding system and stove-boiler, more design modification still needed to improve the dryer performance.